Mattapan man arraigned following off-Cape chase

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Dec 22, 2019 at 4:34 PMDec 24, 2019 at 6:38 AM

BARNSTABLE — A Mattapan man who led police on a chase from Braintree to Yarmouth Port on Sunday was arraigned Monday in Barnstable District Court.

Jermaine Omoregie, 30, pleaded not guilty to using a motor vehicle without authority, negligent operation of a motor vehicle, failure to stop for police, operating after license suspension or revocation and a marked lanes violation.

He is being held on $5,000 cash bail, and bail on three other cases involving Omoregie in Boston has been revoked.

Braintree and state environmental police began pursuing Omergie on Sunday morning while he was driving on Route 3A towards Hull in a relative’s Honda Odyssey, according to a statement from state police, who joined the chase after Omoregie got onto Route 228.

Omoregie allegedly hit another vehicle when he crossed over into oncoming traffic in an effort to avoid a tire deflation device placed by police near the intersection of Route 228 and Route 3 in Norwell. A state trooper also hit a guardrail while trying to stop Omoregie, the statement said.

Omoregie continued onto Route 3 south, at which point police terminated their pursuit.

A state police helicopter followed Omoregie’s vehicle to the Cape. Police set up another tire deflation device on Route 6 east in Yarmouth. Omoregie hit that device and later crashed into a wall at the intersection of Willow Street, according to the statement.

Omoregie is scheduled to return to court Jan. 22 for a pretrial hearing.

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